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How the Star Trek Crew Could Have Saved The Passengers of the Titanic
How the Star Trek Crew Could Have Saved The Passengers of the Titanic
It was in 1912 when an irresistible force met an  immovable object. As it turned out, on this cold April night more than a century ago, the irresistible [...]
The Ghost Goes West: Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog
The Ghost Goes West: Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog
Move over, Psycho, Jane Campion has made a film challenging your position as the reigning Gothic film of classic Hollywood cinema. In 1925 Montana, Phil [...]
Burning Down the House: The Ukrainian film Two Days (1927)
Burning Down the House: The Ukrainian film Two Days (1927)
Ukraine has been getting a lot attention lately and those interested in its culture may be surprised to find out it had a robust (if brief) silent film [...]
Gustav Machatý’s Erotikon (1929)
Gustav Machatý’s Erotikon (1929)
More than once, I’ve heard in silent film circles: “If only the practical problems of talking pictures had been solved in 1930 instead of 1927. [...]
The Crowd – The Best Silent Film of All?
The Crowd – The Best Silent Film of All?
Everyone has their own choice for the best silent film ever made, my choice is King Vidor’s The Crowd (1928), which I saw most recently in a special [...]
Shane Comes Back: Mario Bava’s Knives of the Avenger
Shane Comes Back: Mario Bava’s Knives of the Avenger
First an explanation: I don’t like watching movies on TV and if there is a movie I’ve never seen before, I go out of my way NOT to watch it [...]
Michio Yamamoto’s The Vampire Doll
Michio Yamamoto’s The Vampire Doll
Hey, anyone want to see a Japanese horror film that mashes up Psycho, Poe, Dracula, Mario Bava, Hammer films, and into this goulash, throws in a little [...]
Boxing Mina – In Search of Dracula’s Moral Argument
Boxing Mina – In Search of Dracula’s Moral Argument
It was time for me read Dracula again. After all, it had been more than a few years since I’d last read the book cover to cover, and with all my work [...]
Oh My God, It Really Happened: False Faces (1932)
Oh My God, It Really Happened: False Faces (1932)
If you think you know your pre-Codes, and haven’t seen False Faces, it’s time to go back to school to watch one of the outrageous pre-Codes of [...]
Surrender to Surrender (1950) starring Vera Ralston and directed by Allan Dwan
Surrender to Surrender (1950) starring Vera Ralston and directed by Allan Dwan
Remember that Johnny Cash song about a guy trying to get a free car while working for General Motors, so he sneaks out one piece at a time? Great idea, but [...]